Great tutorial. Thanks I am always appreciative of straight foward and to the point. When I first learned how to sew my instructor used a similar technique of using a rtw t-shirt that we liked the fit of to make another. However, we used it to learn how to make a flat pattern then cut the new t-shirt onto stretch knit to create a new one. I am currently pregnant and looking forward to refashioning a couple of my shirts. I think i’ll be trying this technique on them

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am just learning to sew and had quite a few maternity tees that I was sure I could make work but wasnt sure how. I have heard you need to use a ballpoint needle and stretch stitch, is that what you did? What size needle btw?

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